U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
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Plaintiff lawyers will have to answer for flood of Boy Scouts sex abuse claims before deadline
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has ordered lawyers who signed thousands of abuse claims to submit to questioning from insurance companies that say many of those claims are poorly substantiated or invalid. -
Whistleblower: Firm partly owned by lawyer paid employees to recruit, puff up sexual abuse claims against Boy Scouts
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - A former employee of a firm that processed thousands of sexual-abuse claims submitted to the court overseeing the bankruptcy of the Boy Scouts says recruiters were offered bonuses to sign up claimants and sometimes changed their forms to make the claims more viable, though a lawyer and part-owner of the company calls her claims "completely unbelievable." -
Boy Scouts insurers worry lawyers are gobbling up more than half of funds for sexual abuse victims
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - One of the main insurers for the Boy Scouts of America has asked the judge overseeing the organization’s bankruptcy to keep a closer eye on legal and professional expenses, which the company says threaten to consume more than half the $540 million value of the group’s estate. -
Insurers make plea to judge that some sex abuse claims against Boy Scouts could be fake
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Lawyers for insurers who will pay the billion-dollar-plus tab over sex-abuse allegations against the Boy Scouts of America pushed a bankruptcy judge to allow them to investigate some of the 95,000 claims filed against the organization, saying they suspect many are unsupported or downright fraudulent. -
Hearing tomorrow about possibly fraudulent sexual abuse claims against Boy Scouts
WILMINGTON, Del. (Legal Newsline) - Insurance companies that will pick up most of the $1 billion tab for the sexual-abuse scandal that has overtaken the Boy Scouts of America are scheduled to face off tomorrow against plaintiff lawyers who filed tens of thousands of claims that insurers say were poorly investigated and potentially fraudulent. -
GM sues asbestos trusts over payments to former employee’s widow
According to its four complaints, General Motors LLC has been making weekly payments of death benefits. The company contends it should have been informed that its former employee’s widow also has been receiving payments from the trusts.